Private Finished Crashing Down

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VITO DI SAVOIA

Veil and Disbelief? The way the man—Irene, apparently—said them implied a whole lot more than what Vito was getting from them.

"I know they're words," Vito said, getting to his fear with obvious care. The small blue-and-white creature peeked over his shoulder, staring at Irene, but Vito didn't seem to pay it any attention. "But they don't have any sort of significant meaning to me."

It was only then that he realized he hadn't even answered the question; maybe he was more addled then he'd thought.

"I'm from Gaul."

 

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Irene nodded knowingly. Anyone who was up to day with current supernatural events.... well, they'd have a more obvious reaction to those words. More importantly though was where he said he was from.

"You're from Gaul? I didn't think anyone still called the region that anymore. I'm originally from Greece but i've been all over the world since then. I think that area is mostly called France now? I'd have to check some history books to be perfectly sure."
 

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He didn't think anyone called it that anymore?

"That's... what it's called," Vito said, clearly confused. He had no idea what France was, and that was clearly going to be an issue. At the very least he wasn't stupid—he could speculate as to why, and he did so with impunity.

"It would seem likely that I'm either in the far future or some sort of alternate timeline to my world, since you're familiar with my home country, but it's called something else here."

Which... had it's own issues.

"Which would mean I wasn't recalled back when they realized the landing had failed."

He wanted to speculate on how he'd ended up there, but for that, at least, he had no ideas. He didn't know enough about the world.

 

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Irene bobbed his head. "I suspected as much. We actually get quite a few people who accidentally end up here for whatever reason. Now don't faint on me but you might be from a different dimension. A different Earth. "

"That's part of why we want to get you checked out. Just in case something we can't see is still affecting you. I'll answer any of your questions that I can- i've been around quite a while. But we get all kinds of folks here, so if you're not used to non-human people let me know now. It can be a real shock even for me sometimes when some new people arrive."
 

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Vito took it as well as could be expected, his jaw stubbornly set as he tried to wrap his head around it. Non-human people. Different dimensions.

"Assuming you mean sapient non-human people... then no, my world didn't have any such thing." They had the concept, at least, but it wasn't like those things were real. "Succubi and magic-suckers and vampires? Things like that?"

He hoped not, but he suspected that he was about to be disappointed, considering how Irene referred to it as a real shock.

 

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Irene paused to give the man time to react, and so he could gauge whether this was going to be a serious issue he'd have to deal with. But at least for the moment it seemed like he was taking it decently well. "We do have many people like those and others here. You might say we're sort of a safe haven. Your little friend there too would be quite out of place in our version of Earth."

He began to lead the man into the nearby ambulance as they spoke. "I realize there's going to be a lot to get used to here for you in a rapid fashion but it is quite safe and welcoming here. take some deep breaths, try to keep an open mind and keep talking to me and we should have you squared away before too long."
 

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Upon being mentioned, Vito's little friend perked his head up, tilting his head as he stared towards Irene.

Vito, on the other hand, didn't look terribly surprised. His familiar had never intended to be a real world animal, so it only stood to reason that it would stick out.

But the whole thing was a bit... jarring.

"A safe haven from what?" He asked, getting right to the heart of the matter. If the island they were on was a safe haven, that would imply that the outside wasn't safe, and Vito needed to know why. He couldn't even guess properly, because there were simply so many possibilities. War? Famine? Plague? For all he knew aliens had invaded and taken over the planet.

 

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Irene's head cocked to the side in a birdlike manner once more as the companion made themself known again and he smiled at it for a moment before looking back at Vito. He sighed. He was going to have to explain the Narrow Reality, at least in brief, if he was going to help Vito start his path to acclimating.

"I don't want to burden you with too much to think about right away. You're not showing signs of a serious concussion but still, i'd rather be safe about it- and there are people far better at counseling than me. But I won't leave you hanging. Hmm," he trailed off for a moment as he helped Vito into the truck.

"To make it really short, most of Earth is where the humans who don't believe in... well, beings like me and your companion, or magic, or anything not so mundane live."
 

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Vito didn't get it. He simply couldn't: the scale of it was simply too vast. The differences between the world he'd spent his whole life in and the one he'd found himself in were like night and day, and trying to understand what Irene meant was simply not happening.

"I don't... understand," Vito said after a moment. If he did have a concussion (which he was fairly sure he didn't), he wasn't going to be doing himself and good. "How can they not believe in magic? You just show them it, and... then they know."

He had a moment of completely irrational panic.

What if magic doesn't work here?

He reached down, drawing on his magic, and felt it respond. None of his magic was terribly expedient, but after a few seconds he could feel enough of the spell taking root that he let it dissipate, letting out an obvious sigh. He could still use it. He wasn't cut off.

 

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Irene shook his head and then gave Vito a very stern look. "I know it's hard to wrap your mind around everything and it's a bit of a shock. Just try not to think too hard about it or strain yourself- all in good time." This wasn't the first fall in that the phoenix had encountered and surely wouldn't be the last. There was always an adjustment to living in a place where some or all of what you knew as facts has been rewritten entirely.

To keep his patient talking though Irene decided to humor him a bit. "We don't want a panic or a war to break out or for any of us to be hunted down. I personally know what it's like when normal humans find out you're magical, and it's not very pretty for anyone. But don't worry, you're safe and in excellent hands here"
 
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